St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-10
FINED FOR UTTERlNG SLANG.
A Louisville Woman Pays SIS for
Saying ssAh, THEREOF with IN Toss
of Her Head.

of Her Head.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Before the regular ordinance docket was
taken up by Judge Thompson in the city
court yesterday afternoon the cases of Mrs.
Eta Paul and Mrs. John Dewitt were
called
They were arrested last Saturday night OH
warrant and cross warrant. Mrs. Paul. ac
companied by her sister and husband, came
into court early and took seat next her
counsel. Mrs. Paul was becomlngly at
tired in close-fitting black silk dress, with
a fashionable black and velvet bonnet,
trimmed with large brown ostrich feathers.
She wore Eight. short seal sacque and light
brown kid gloves. In either ear was de-
pendent large solitaire diamond earring.
These jewels were in part the cause OF the
trouble between the families.
Mrs. Dewitt was also in court and sat be-
tween her attorney and her husband.
Dewitt was the first witness. He testi-
fed that Mrs. Paurs husband owed him a
bill, and he had taken every means to col
lect it. The only property they had upon
which an attachment could be placed was
the diamond earring set, and he had caused
it to be levied upon. The suit was then
pending in the Jefferson court of common
| pleas. Saturday afternoon last he and his
wife, after leaving the museum, were met
by Mrs. Paul. She looked at them, and
shaking her earrings, said: ''Ah, theer,
my diamond earrings, don't you wish 20
had them?" Mrs. Paul had frequently
made similar remarks to witness previously,
and he determined to stand it no longer.
He returned to where Mrs. Paul was stand
ing, and told her if she ever did such a
thing again he would have her arrested;
also that he regretted she was not a man, SO
that he might treat her as one. At 9
o'clock that night he swore out a warrant,
charging her with disOrderly conduct.
Mrs. De Witt cOrrOb0rated her husbands
statements, and said she had always avoided
Mrs. Paul in the streets, and would avert
her head or look into a shop window when
| they CHANGED to meet. She had never
lately exchanged greetings or words with
Mrs. Paul, and had not given the least cause
for the warrant which had been issued
against her.
Mrs. Paul was then placed ON the stand.
| She seemed little embarrassed at first.
but soon recovered her composure, and told
her side of the case as follows: Il at
tended the matinee at Masonic temple last
| Saturday with my sister and little son.
My boy is very much addicted to slang,
and his favorile phrase to be used on all
occasions is: 'Ah, there; stay there; il
you haven't got car fare. walk there.
We were walking along Fourth avenue.
when my son, Russell, stopped at one
| of the awning posts. | turned around and.
looking at him, l said, "Ah, there. Rus
SELL" happened to turn around, and met
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt. l heard her say
to her husband, Did you hear that slang?
This made me angry, and, shaking my ear
rings with my hands, L said to her, Don't
you wish you had them?' Mr.. Dewitt
came back and shook his hand in my face.
and threatened to strike me if annoyed
his wife again. was very much frightened.
and asked Officer Hariand, with whom
was personally acquainted to follow me q
few squares in case Mr.. Dewitt struck
me. L was not moleSted again, however
until late that night. when | was arrested. !"
Judge Thompson dismissed the warrant
against Mrs. Dewitt fined Mrs. Paul So,
and placed her under bonds Of 500 for six
| months